We have to protect our banking system! We should definitely start some kind of a group that would be willing to donate food, medicines, educational supplies or potable water to the banking system. We can't let anything bad happen to them.
I run a "music listening service". I will, for a fee of $100 per song, agree to listen and form opinions of any track of any CD. Playing a song for me constitutes acceptance of this agreement.
When we actually do get "PC games" on the DS, we get "Japanese style RPG's", which feature children weilding oversized weapons. Blue Dragon was just unplayable for this reason. The other alternative we seem to get from Japan are RPG's featuring salon-styled pretty boys.
The DS is *made* for diablo, starcraft, etc. Where are they???
No. Do not dismiss this comment. It is enormously valid.
Having spent time in the developing world, I feel this same sentiment intensely.
The notion that access to free information (and access to electronic document creation/manipulation) is some sort of key to prosperity may be well intentioned, but ultimately "rich and clueless" in many ways.
The solution to poverty is not available on the Internet. Nor are (contrary to the beliefs of rich white kids) political communication, journalistic freedoms and unfettered expression guaranteed by the Internet. Just ask the billion-plus population of China who can't Google "Democracy".
What would help much more than a free laptop, is political pressure on regimes that repress their own populations. The reality is that the United States and Europe (Both) actively support despotic regimes that not only practice horrific violations of human rights but everyday repression of their populations.
The OLPC program is well intentioned -- and may do some good (we all hope). But the unspoken reality is that the 'power' of a laptop is greater in the West than it is elsewhere in the world. If we are, as a people, truly interested in affecting change in the less-free parts of the globe, there are far more effective ways to create change than giving away electronics.
That having been said: There are an infinite number of things that need to be done. This isn't a bad program. In fact it's a nice one. It's just not going to be terribly effective at reaching the ultimate political and social goals that it has set for itself.
We've all heard the saying "Those who can't do, teach", but there's a far darker reality in corporate America: "Those who can do, don't 'manage'".
"Do'ers" might as well be defined as "That lowly breed of people who actually work". As a result it is far more profitable in corporate America to have a vague, cursory knowledge of a subject rather than a deep, applicable knowledge.
When I was in college people used to say "English major? What are you going to do with that?"
Today, I imagine the question goes: "Engineering major? What are you going to do with that?" ie: "be a worker?" ("worker" should be read with deep disdain).
Some have said that in the US we "don't reward skill". But it's worse than that. In the modern information economy, skill has become the modern equivalent of "labor".
Now consider this: Who wants to shell out six figures for the right to be a laborer?
The interesting fallout from this will be the potential effect on prices. Many eBay sellers are cheaper than other merchants *because* they don't pay taxes. If this forces eBay merchant prices to rise, the overall effect could be a decline of sales/profits for eBay overall.
Is it just me or do Japanese RPG's always seem to fall into one of two deeply uninteresting categories:
1) "Cute RPG's" starring groups of orphaned, round-eyed children weilding cute, oversized weapons, or 2) RPG's starring androgynous (or downright female-looking) men with overtly gay salon-styled haircuts, adolescent voices and hilariously useless-looking, oversized weapons.
Hey Japan, can we get an RPG which actually features adult men who aren't pretty?
Amen. While it's nice to think we could "actually" do it, the more important question is: Why do it?
If the answer is "Because it will look better", I'm with you. No it won't look better in 2 years. Polygonal rendering will look insanely good in two years. Realtime Raytracing will be an interesting graphical curiosity in 2 years... in the same vein as Novalogic's voxel graphic games were in the 90's.
This is not an "us vs. them" scenario. The reality is: We love web content. We want web content to flourish. And we want more, and better web content.
The prevailing theme on this discussion is "These are my rights, screw them".
That's true.
They are your rights, and you can screw whoever you like in this world if you really want to.
But the question nobody seems to be asking is: What if everyone did this? What then?
It's also your "right" to waste water, consume vast quantities of gasoline, etc. This attitude is missing the point. Do you, or do you not want content to improve and increase? And yes, web advertisers have certainly pushed the envelope in terms of what is acceptable in terms of privacy -- but that shouldn't change the issue that content providers need support. And while it is your "right" to not provide it -- the issue of personal responsiblity still exists if one expects to continue free consumption of a growing base of content.
There *is* a middle ground. Stop thinking so much about what *you* have the right to do, and try thinking about what a better web would look like.
This seems to be a somewhat contrarian opinion, but as a major fan of BioWare's earlier works -- I thought KOTOR and KOTOR2 were both incredibly weak games. Neither game had anywhere near the depth or complexity I had become used to in previous titles (And BioWare does "complexity" better than most -- at least they used to...) I'd love to see a serious open-ended space RPG. But I'm just not sure that Mass Effect will be anywhere close to being one. I thought KOTOR was far, far too easy and really didn't have much in the way of exploration or options. I hope I'm pleasantly surprised. (Of course, I will be buying it because I'm a sucker for just about anything RPG. But the trend of late, is to dumb down games for the console crowd. Just look at Morrowind vs. it's prettier, stupider cousin Oblivion).
I just hope the serious gaming companies (BioWare is one I respect) continue to respect depth over eye-candy.
This company is all about raising successive rounds of venture capital. Where are the demonstrations of the thing WORKING (as in flying in complex, controlled and safe maneuvers)? What a joke these guys are.
I wouldn't buy a game that writes to my registry. Make a damn Config file and leave my registry alone. A friggin 'game' shouldn't have the right to touch it.
Information like this gets around the gaming community like wildfire. The damage done to BioShock sales by this half-assed decision is going to be downright massive. Once again, Sony's efforts to protect its property ultimately hurt only Sony. When are they going to learn?
Hey Sony, how does it feel to have a 3rd place console and a handheld gaming device that nobody wants?
Let's say I make a site that can only be "accessed once". And my cutting edge technology to insure that the site is only viewable once is to use browser cookies.
Would the clearing of my cookies result in a violation of the DMCA?
I have a Nokia E61 (Symbian60) running Opera (not Opera Mini, which blows except for the speed increase of the proxy servers) and I have to say IMHO it beats the pants off anything on Blackberry or Treo. The wifi+ smooth scrolling and fullscreen options makes for an amazing browsing experience -- and it does a great job re-rendering pages for the small screen.
I'd also like to point out that the year is 2007 and I just PURCHASED MY FIRST WEB BROWSER (Opera for the E61). I never in my life thought I'd actually pay for browser software, but it's a damn nice browser.
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We have to protect our banking system! We should definitely start some kind of a group that would be willing to donate food, medicines, educational supplies or potable water to the banking system. We can't let anything bad happen to them.
Look at the inane formulas on the whiteboard behind him. So hilariously "made for press".
To reduce the horrendous bloat of Acrobat Reader?
If only Adobe hadn't purchased Macromedia....FlashPaper had such promise...
I run a "music listening service". I will, for a fee of $100 per song, agree to listen and form opinions of any track of any CD. Playing a song for me constitutes acceptance of this agreement.
As I see it, I am owed almost a billion dollars.
When we actually do get "PC games" on the DS, we get "Japanese style RPG's", which feature children weilding oversized weapons. Blue Dragon was just unplayable for this reason. The other alternative we seem to get from Japan are RPG's featuring salon-styled pretty boys.
The DS is *made* for diablo, starcraft, etc. Where are they???
No. Do not dismiss this comment. It is enormously valid.
Having spent time in the developing world, I feel this same sentiment intensely.
The notion that access to free information (and access to electronic document creation/manipulation) is some sort of key to prosperity may be well intentioned, but ultimately "rich and clueless" in many ways.
The solution to poverty is not available on the Internet. Nor are (contrary to the beliefs of rich white kids) political communication, journalistic freedoms and unfettered expression guaranteed by the Internet. Just ask the billion-plus population of China who can't Google "Democracy".
What would help much more than a free laptop, is political pressure on regimes that repress their own populations. The reality is that the United States and Europe (Both) actively support despotic regimes that not only practice horrific violations of human rights but everyday repression of their populations.
The OLPC program is well intentioned -- and may do some good (we all hope). But the unspoken reality is that the 'power' of a laptop is greater in the West than it is elsewhere in the world. If we are, as a people, truly interested in affecting change in the less-free parts of the globe, there are far more effective ways to create change than giving away electronics.
That having been said: There are an infinite number of things that need to be done. This isn't a bad program. In fact it's a nice one. It's just not going to be terribly effective at reaching the ultimate political and social goals that it has set for itself.
We've all heard the saying "Those who can't do, teach", but there's a far darker reality in corporate America: "Those who can do, don't 'manage'".
"Do'ers" might as well be defined as "That lowly breed of people who actually work". As a result it is far more profitable in corporate America to have a vague, cursory knowledge of a subject rather than a deep, applicable knowledge.
When I was in college people used to say "English major? What are you going to do with that?"
Today, I imagine the question goes: "Engineering major? What are you going to do with that?"
ie: "be a worker?" ("worker" should be read with deep disdain).
Some have said that in the US we "don't reward skill". But it's worse than that. In the modern information economy, skill has become the modern equivalent of "labor".
Now consider this: Who wants to shell out six figures for the right to be a laborer?
And sadder yet: Golf is a better skill than math.
The interesting fallout from this will be the potential effect on prices. Many eBay sellers are cheaper than other merchants *because* they don't pay taxes. If this forces eBay merchant prices to rise, the overall effect could be a decline of sales/profits for eBay overall.
Please start paying for content.
(And stop whining about stuff you want for free).
Has anyone else installed the OLPC operating system? Good lord what an atrocity. One more reason to feel sorry for poor kids in Africa.
I'm not letting anyone profit off *my* communications.
... as long as I log in?
What's next? Free comment-sections on websites?
How could anyone subject themselves to such a sacrifice of personal liberties.
Is it just me or do Japanese RPG's always seem to fall into one of two deeply uninteresting categories:
1) "Cute RPG's" starring groups of orphaned, round-eyed children weilding cute, oversized weapons, or
2) RPG's starring androgynous (or downright female-looking) men with overtly gay salon-styled haircuts, adolescent voices and hilariously useless-looking, oversized weapons.
Hey Japan, can we get an RPG which actually features adult men who aren't pretty?
Amen. While it's nice to think we could "actually" do it, the more important question is: Why do it?
If the answer is "Because it will look better", I'm with you. No it won't look better in 2 years. Polygonal rendering will look insanely good in two years. Realtime Raytracing will be an interesting graphical curiosity in 2 years... in the same vein as Novalogic's voxel graphic games were in the 90's.
...who thought this game was average?
It was nothing more than a straightforward shooter. What about it was interesting or new?
so it was in an underwater city... so?
No multiplayer. Linear maps. No rpg elements. Limited enemy types. Piss poor intro and build-up.
Half Life 2 is years older and infinitely better.
This game was all hype and no delivery.
I give it a 7/10... only because the art-direction was first rate.
Now Linux and Mac users can experience a completely unfair game-world full of cheaters and insanely boring gameplay sprinkled with moments of outrage.
Have fun kids.
This is not an "us vs. them" scenario. The reality is: We love web content. We want web content to flourish. And we want more, and better web content.
The prevailing theme on this discussion is "These are my rights, screw them".
That's true.
They are your rights, and you can screw whoever you like in this world if you really want to.
But the question nobody seems to be asking is: What if everyone did this? What then?
It's also your "right" to waste water, consume vast quantities of gasoline, etc. This attitude is missing the point. Do you, or do you not want content to improve and increase? And yes, web advertisers have certainly pushed the envelope in terms of what is acceptable in terms of privacy -- but that shouldn't change the issue that content providers need support. And while it is your "right" to not provide it -- the issue of personal responsiblity still exists if one expects to continue free consumption of a growing base of content.
There *is* a middle ground. Stop thinking so much about what *you* have the right to do, and try thinking about what a better web would look like.
This seems to be a somewhat contrarian opinion, but as a major fan of BioWare's earlier works -- I thought KOTOR and KOTOR2 were both incredibly weak games. Neither game had anywhere near the depth or complexity I had become used to in previous titles (And BioWare does "complexity" better than most -- at least they used to...) I'd love to see a serious open-ended space RPG. But I'm just not sure that Mass Effect will be anywhere close to being one. I thought KOTOR was far, far too easy and really didn't have much in the way of exploration or options. I hope I'm pleasantly surprised. (Of course, I will be buying it because I'm a sucker for just about anything RPG. But the trend of late, is to dumb down games for the console crowd. Just look at Morrowind vs. it's prettier, stupider cousin Oblivion).
I just hope the serious gaming companies (BioWare is one I respect) continue to respect depth over eye-candy.
Buy DVD's?
Rent from NetFlix?
Watch it on your Xbox 360?
Or use that crazy thing called an "antenna"?
lol. Yeah I happen to know a lot about Moller, and they're hilarious homepage. The videos are bullshit.
And they will NOT be selling these. I'll bet you a ride in my spaceship.
Then again, there's a sucker born every minute. Welcome to the newest members.
This company is all about raising successive rounds of venture capital. Where are the demonstrations of the thing WORKING (as in flying in complex, controlled and safe maneuvers)? What a joke these guys are.
LOL. Yeah, it's just unheard of for an app to not right the registry, right? Jesus dude. Don't post corrections when you're ignorant.
I wouldn't buy a game that writes to my registry. Make a damn Config file and leave my registry alone. A friggin 'game' shouldn't have the right to touch it.
Information like this gets around the gaming community like wildfire. The damage done to BioShock sales by this half-assed decision is going to be downright massive. Once again, Sony's efforts to protect its property ultimately hurt only Sony. When are they going to learn?
Hey Sony, how does it feel to have a 3rd place console and a handheld gaming device that nobody wants?
Keep up the great work boys.
Can I delete cookies? Or clear my cache?
Let's say I make a site that can only be "accessed once". And my cutting edge technology to insure that the site is only viewable once is to use browser cookies.
Would the clearing of my cookies result in a violation of the DMCA?
I have a Nokia E61 (Symbian60) running Opera (not Opera Mini, which blows except for the speed increase of the proxy servers) and I have to say IMHO it beats the pants off anything on Blackberry or Treo. The wifi+ smooth scrolling and fullscreen options makes for an amazing browsing experience -- and it does a great job re-rendering pages for the small screen.
I'd also like to point out that the year is 2007 and I just PURCHASED MY FIRST WEB BROWSER (Opera for the E61). I never in my life thought I'd actually pay for browser software, but it's a damn nice browser.